Machine for sanding broom handles



Oct. 23, 1951 c. B. OAS ET AL 2,572,374

MACHINE FOR SANDING BROOM HANDLES Filed May 11, 1949 2 SHEETSSHEET 1 i I //\/1/5/\/ TU E .CARL b. 0A5

! CHARLES H. LEONARD 7.7' TURNE/ Oct. 23, 1951 c. 13. 0A5 ET AL 2,572,374

MACHINE FOR SANDING BROOM HANDLES Filed May 11, 1949 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Ti f 0 0 Q ,7 52 //\/L/E/\/ TUR E W CARL B. 0A5 1. CHARLES H. LEONARD flTTUR/VE/ Patented Oct. 23, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MACHINE FOR SANDING BROOM HANDLES Carl B. Oas, Girard, Pa., and Charles H. Leonard, Silverton, Oreg.

Application May 11, 1949, Serial No. 92,704

1 Claim. 1

handles and thereby reduce the cost to the consumer.

These and other objects will become more apparent from the specifications following as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the machine with the hopper for broom handles shown in vertical section.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken along the line 33 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section taken along the line 4-4 in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section along the line 5-5 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is an end elevation of a belt sanding unit.

Fig. '1 is a section taken along the line 1-1 in Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a section taken along the line 8-8 in Fig. 1.

Like numbers of reference refer to the same or similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring in detail to the drawings, there is shown a hopper 10 whose back wall II and front wall 12 converge to form an outlet 13 through which broom handle blanks 14 are fed onto a cleated conveyor belt l5gwhich passes around the pulleys l6 and I1 which may be driven in any convenient manner (not shown).

The conveyor belt 15 discharges the handle blanks 14 one at a time into the vertical chute 18, under which are mounted a plurality of grooved hopper wheels 19 which consist of two halves or flanges 20 formed on the hubs 2| between which is a spacing collar 22 which, together with the hubs 21, are held on the shafts 23 by means of the keys 24. The shafts 23 are threaded to receive the nuts 25, by means of which the flanges 211 are clamped against the collar 22. The collar width is changed to suit the handle diameter.

One shaft 23 journals in the standards 26 which are mounted on the slotted base 21 to provide adjustability between the centers of the 2 shafts 23. On the outer ends of the shafts 23 are secured the V-pulleys 28 and 29, by the latter of which each shaft 23 is driven and by the former of which the shaft 23 drives the next shaft 23 ahead. One shaft 23 has only the V- .pull'ey 29.

In front of the wheels 19 is the feed roll 30 which is driven by a belt 31 from a hopper pulley 28 and which in turn drives the pulley 32. The pulleys 36 and 32 are grooved to receive the handle blanks 14. The pulleys 29 are connected by the belt 29-A.

On the top side of the blank 14 are placed the presser feed rolls 33 which are urged downwardly by the springs 34. The slides 35 which carry the rolls 33 are mounted in the guides 36.

A guide tube 31 receives the handle blanks l4 from the rolls 32 and 33. The tube 31 is flared at its intake end 33. A bracket 39 supports the tube 31. Along the frame 40 are disposed a plurality of standards 4 1, upon which are secured the angle bars 42 which support the handle blanks 14 while being sanded. The length of the bars 42 and the spacing thereof depends upon the length of the blanks 14.

Supported by the frames 43 and 44 are the pulleys 45, 46, 41 and 48, around which passes an abrasive belt 49 which engages a handle 14 as it turns in the bar 42 between the pulleys 45 and 41. The pulley 46 is provided with an adjusting screw 56 which positions the pulley base 5| for belt tightening purposes.

Between the ends of the bars 42 are disposed the driving units which impart a rotary motion to the handle blanks l4. On the frame 40 are secured slidable bases 52 by means of the bolts 53 in the T slots 54.

On each base 52 is formed a housing 55 which contains the anti-friction bearings 56 within whose inner race is disposed a sleeve 51 having a flange 58 at one end, on which are pivoted the levers 59, each of which has a weight 60 at one end and a grooved roller 61 at the other end. The rollers 6| engage the handle blank 14 from opposite sides,

A grooved pulley 62 is secured on each sleeve 51 by means of a setscrew 63.

A bearing retaining flange 64 is secured to the base 52 by means of the bolts 55. An oil retaining seal 66 is placed between the flange 64 and the hub 61 of the pulley 62.

The pulleys 62 are driven by belts 68 which are driven by the pulleys 69 on the drive shaft 10 which journals in the bearings 1 I. The shaft 10 is driven by any suitable means (not shown).

The operation of the machine is as follows: Blanks M are placed in the hopper l and fed by the conveyor belt I5 to the chute 18 from which they depend by gravity upon the grooved hopper wheels l9 whose flanges 20 move the lowermost blank l4 horizontally between the feed rolls 30 and 32 and the presser rolls 33, causing the rounded end 72 of the blank 14 to enter the tube 31 and to be forced therethrough. Up to this point, the blank I4 is not being rotated.

The tube 3'! merely directs or guides the blanks M as they leave the rolls 32 and 33 into the first rotating unit shown in Fig. 5. Each of these units is fitted with a sleeve 13 having a flange 14 on one end and a central hole 15 which freely receives the blank l4 Whose end 12 passes between the rollers G-l which are urged inwardly by the centrifugal action of the weights 80 as they are revolved by the belt 68. The friction between the rollers GI and blank l4 and the rotation of the sleeve 13 imparts a rotating movement to the blank [4.

As the blank l4 moves past the bar 42, it engages the first abrasive belt 49 which carries the coarsest grit and then through the next drive unit. Each succeeding belt 49 carries a finer grit so that the rough sanding is done first and the finer sanding is done last. It will be noted that the sanding is continuous and that the blanks feed each other past the various sanding belts.

What we claim is: V

A sanding machine for round, straight broom handles having in combination a set of V-shaped feed rolls in which the rough turned handles may be fed longitudinally, a guide tube into which handle blanks may be fed by said feed rolls, a plurality of V-shaped trough members disposed in alignment with said guide tube and feed rolls and spaced from each other and from said guide tube, a sand belt intersecting each of said troughs adapted to engage the surface of a handle passing therethrough, a driving unit between each pair of troughs having an opening therethrough, through which a handle may freely pass, means for rotating each of said units, a pair of grooved rollers mounted on each driving unit, each of said rollers having means for urging same toward the center of said unit, a longitudinal movement of said handle being provided by the initial feed rolls and the rotation of said handles through said machine being produced by the rotation of said driving units.

CARL B. OAS.

CHARLES H. LEONARD.

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